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Boston Celtics vs. Charlotte Hornets

April 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Hornets 113-102 on 2026-04-07 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 7 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 25 points (9/20) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS

Boston Celtics 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	43:15	35	9	3	1	1	5	2	13-29	3-10	6-7	+9
Jayson Tatum GS	38:55	23	5	4	1	0	2	3	8-15	3-7	4-5	+12
Derrick White GS	36:38	12	2	3	1	0	1	0	4-5	4-5	0-0	+18
Neemias Queta GS	25:18	12	5	3	0	1	0	3	6-7	0-0	0-0	+10
Sam Hauser GS	16:11	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	0-0	+4
Payton Pritchard	29:44	12	4	3	0	0	2	2	4-8	4-7	0-0	+5
Nikola Vučević	22:42	2	7	2	2	0	1	1	1-10	0-5	0-0	+1
Jordan Walsh	18:12	9	6	0	1	0	1	0	4-4	1-1	0-0	-3
Baylor Scheierman	9:05	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1
Totals		113	45	22	6	2	12	13	43-87	17-42	10-12

Did not play: Luka Garza (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hugo González (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), John Tonje (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Charlotte Hornets 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball GS	36:33	36	5	6	1	0	4	4	12-24	6-15	6-6	-1
Kon Knueppel GS	35:24	13	5	5	0	0	3	2	5-16	3-8	0-0	-18
Brandon Miller GS	33:52	20	0	2	0	0	0	2	8-16	2-8	2-2	-1
Moussa Diabaté GS	32:53	2	5	5	1	0	2	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-18
Miles Bridges GS	31:41	13	12	4	0	0	1	2	5-9	1-4	2-4	-4
Grant Williams	25:40	9	2	0	0	2	1	3	3-8	3-7	0-0	-13
Sion James	18:55	2	5	2	3	0	1	1	1-7	0-4	0-1	-1
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:07	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+7
Josh Green	7:27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-9
Pat Connaughton	2:29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Totals		102	40	24	5	3	12	16	38-88	16-49	10-13

Did not play: Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser Starter 11.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard 12.0 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Jordan Walsh 5.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 5.0 min
Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser 4.8 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 13.1 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.9 min
Miles Bridges · Grant Williams · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.7 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.7 min
Grant Williams · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

LaMelo Ball 7 pts (3/7) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (25 %, 2 pts) · Sam Hauser (25 %, 2 pts) · Derrick White (16 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 26 pts (10/14) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jayson Tatum (43 %, 8 pts) · Jaylen Brown (19 %, 5 pts) · Derrick White (10 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Miles Bridges: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jayson Tatum	Brandon Miller: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Grant Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick White	Kon Knueppel: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Sion James: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta	Moussa Diabaté: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/6)
Jordan Walsh	LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser	LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Grant Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Jaylen Brown 25 pts (9/20) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (25 %, 4 pts) · Miles Bridges (19 %, 0 pts) · Grant Williams (16 %, 3 pts)
Jayson Tatum 7 pts (2/6) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (31 %, 3 pts) · Brandon Miller (21 %, 2 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Jaylen Brown: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jayson Tatum: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Jordan Walsh: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Kon Knueppel	Derrick White: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Moussa Diabaté	Neemias Queta: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Vučević: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles Bridges	Jayson Tatum: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jayson Tatum: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Nikola Vučević: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Sam Hauser: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jayson Tatum: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)